The Mamata Banerjee government is working on an amendment to the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 to enable the return of 400 acres in Singur to farmers who were
KOLKATA, 25 MAY: The state government has decided to conduct a comprehensive cancer study. The decision came after it was found that cancer institutes did not carry out surveys on the incidence of the disease in most parts of the state.
KOLKATA, 16 MAY: After defeating CPI-M candidates in Rajarhat Gopalpur and Rajarhat New Town constituencies in the Assembly poll the farmers now want their land back which had been forcibly taken from them by the Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) to set up New Town.
Trinamul Congress leaders Mr Purnendu Basu and Mr Sabyasachi Dutta defeated their rivals Mr Rabin Mondol
KOLKATA, 15 MAY: A first-of-its-kind course in the country on renewable energy has been initiated in the city by a collaboration of Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) and the Queensland Government of Australia.
Arka Community College will start its first batch on 1 January 2012 with 25 students for the course on renewable energy with special emphasis on solar energy.
The banned two-stroke autorickshaws are out in strength in New Town, the only mode of easily available, cheap public transport in a township crying out for basic amenities.
More than 700 two-stroke autos, most running on a lethal mix of polluting fuels called katatel, ply on the 15km main arterial road in Rajarhat, with police turning a blind eye to the violation of the high court ban to avoid
Top Indian metros like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata fall under the country's moderate to highrisk seismic zones, the National Disaster Management Authority says.
"Earthquakes are a major concern. Over 58.6 per cent of land in India is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and 38 cities fall under moderate to high risk-seismic zones," said NDMA vice-chairman Shashidhar Reddy.
KOLKATA, 5 APRIL: A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an interim order to restrain West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) from giving effect to a notification on 29 December, 2009, which completely prohibited the use of loudspeakers in open areas, was filed in Calcutta High Court today.
Global management consultancy McKinsey & Co says over the next 15 years, the centre of gravity of the urban world will be heading South in general, and to the Eastern regions in particular.
Today, 600 cities, mainly in the North and the West, generate about 60 per cent of the economic output or gross domestic product.
In 2025, the number of cities will remain same and will continue to accoun
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who hit the campaign trail on Sunday evening with a road show at Behala in Kolkata, said that if voted to power, the party will give priority to industry, health, education and administrative reforms in the first 200 days of the government.
